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“Girl floating back to reality... or is she?”

― TemptedRaven_Junior

“This piece represents my struggle to express the duality of me.”

— seewardone

“a poem or prose. or somewhere in between“

— thecityiscalling

“A lonely girl, lost in her dreams filled with flying fish, scary looking birds, star (fruit) and galaxys behind her. What could possibly go wrong?”

— missypaii

“Digital Painting. My interpretation of a dream within a dream.

Often, I become aware when I am dreaming and when this happens usually things are familiar, but details are distorted accompanied with this feeling I can only described as other worldly. The intent for this piece is for the viewer to experience a similar feeling and to let their mind wander. To find a meaning unique to themselves, possibly seeing what I do or not at all. To begin a daydream because of my work which began as my minds dream. To find a dream within my dream. ”

— lyssa_arts

“At surface I try to experiment the border of whats called beautiful. Young people are very vulnerable to depression. Life can seem so cruel and hard to fit in specially without the life experience and knowledge. Body health is straightly connected to your mental health still people mistreat their body’s and separate the mind acting like they are a separate being. The complexity of life often frightens young minds. Sadly, this often tends to lead young people to bad life paths and drugs. Here is my piece “the last pill” its picturing a young woman`s last second frozen in time when her body couldn’t handle the abuse. My interpretation of it is that her poor health chanced her world view. Making her unable to see the bigger picture. Making her life a “nightmare” and all see could see or seem was in this little bubble of hers lost not seeing reality.”

— Tuomashl

“Am I dreaming or am I not?
O that riddle bothers me a lot.
And what is real and what is not?
In humble slumber I forgot.

enigma - Not only a picture to look at but a mystery to explore.

Digital Artwork, created with Aggie.io, MS Paint, Irfan View.”

— Lucifer_the_Saint

“Created using the Procreate app“

— angelical0dico

“Refinding a spark after depression.“

— Steeliebob

“John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." … truth has power and freedom in truth. God knows what you’ve been through and who you really are. It’s difficult living in this broken world filled with sin … feeling insecure and wonder if we are good enough … if we are doing enough. We all sin but we can only better ourselves through faith. We can’t allow ourselves to be slaves of sin! Love everyone for who they are no matter what. Help one another through love and encouragement. bedridden your sins of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. Free yourself of the lies that the devil feeds us. Know the truth of love in our lord and savior, Jesus Christ“

— DaniNovak

“up to individual perspective”

— bogivry_

“Portrait style vampire blight. digital-iPad Pro 2nd Gen. Procreate.”

— sloppyoctopus1

“The moment you're about to kiss your crush but then realise it's just a dream... or is it...“

— RoyBatty06

“.. in dreams i rise from the material to the immaterial, i witness horrors, i witness beauty. I awake into subconsciousness and ask, what can never be asked by words, and listen with my heart and absorb with my soul. And then descend back to the earthly kingdom.”

— De_Monte_Alto

“Prismacolor pencil on matte paper 12”x9”

The dream within a dream is captured here by a youth who is an avid drug user. He lives within his own dream on a daily basis, whereas his loved ones dream for him to have another life in the world most of us know

This is a portrait of my brother. It was taken the same day he left the hospital where he had his forehead stitched up because he was hit in the face by another homeless fellow wielding a metal pipe. At first the picture I used as a reference was upsetting to me, but at the same time I found a beauty in it, that only grew. Eventually I decided I wanted to paint him. I find this portrait to be the preamble to the painting.”

— CatVideos

“9x15 in. Graphite drawing. A Narrative of dreaming while awake“

— Zanereti

“Pencil on paper“

— hippieky

“Absolem the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. Used: Micron pens, copic markers, india ink, and watercolor.”

— iz_lasvegas

“oil on canvas panel, created June 24-26, 2019“

— dreamer_Mala

“oil on canvas”

— Floret0312

“oil on paper“

— shayshayface

“Just something i dreamt up”

— elios471

“Digital painting created using Krita software“

— sami_ismyname

“An acrylic painting, trying to convey that feeling that even whilst in a peaceful dream, thoughts and worries from real life can still flood in.”

— Coversnail

“Another Dream

(Ink pen, watercolour pencils on paper (A4); + digitally re-worked)

“I’m awake… I guess….”

Concept:

This drawing is driven by the doubting question of whether all the things you perceive in what you may call "reality" are actually real or not.
It’s about the devastating idea of maybe being lost in only one of numerous layers of a dream, instead - never to be 100% sure of whether you’re awake or just still dreaming on at another level.
I tried to depict that very moment shortly after the idea hit the mind of this man for the first time.

For Further explanations/hidden meanings (spoiler alert!):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dVO0zb-oM6AMvW61fRB0x3Qa025t_gL5 ”

— KontemplArTimo

“Poe's poem illustrates life slipping away, akin to grains of sand, and I imagine it as us returning to the stars from which we came.

‘We long to return, and we can because the cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.’ - Carl Sagan“

— ShaunnaLovesDachshunds

“‘You can jump between dreams, just find a red piece of card’

-My brother, age ten

Dream hopping was all we talked about
Lucid, aware and in control

Twenty two years later, I still think of those times
And on days where reality is too much, I'll find a red piece of card
Hoping it'll transport me away, for all of this was just a dream within a dream“

— Smee_Hee

“Watercolor and ink“

— KatieLong

“Ever wish you could just bring them to life? A women so perfect reality isn't suitable for her. One who only exist in your head.”

— Gresh

“Inkdrawing on paper 14 x 19 cm.”

— MikaAllanBook